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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-01

i au an American, but 1 am not one
| who believes that the american voice "a
musical In fact, the voice Of the a-crags
American is not Of pleasant quality Con.
sidered nusically, II is ierky ard spas
modic. The language forced upon his
articulation Is not Of the liquid. sinocth
nature that gives the Italian his pre-
eminence as a vocalist The number Of
men, and especially women. ia THIS cour-
try who have discorflaut voices Is such IS
10 warrant the belief that there must be a
radical change ia some direction 70 bTing
American vocalism 20 the front rank. II
has been discovered In this city, when a
large number Of voices for choral work
was desired, that there wss 8 great
scarcity Of fine voices among the AJoeri-
can population. In great many q our
singers there il plenty Of art and polish,
bet the voice il lacking. and AFT viii no.
atone for tina;
/ believe that much might be done 20
remedy this natural defect By an early
training q the vocal organs Of ehildren.
True, what is called singing i pracslced
In orr public schools, bat tie pupils are
left TO sing at random. and fa.i to learn
the difference lDetwseB vocal rs0iss snd
melody. Nearly every ehad Of native
origin sings ia nasal tones. and the ress1it 10
a defprrnity 81 the voice shat gross with
age, and shows both IN singing and spesk-
ing The ear Is trained, bat tfas ssloe =
neglected. Nothing j. more GlsaarecsfsIe
than = raspin2 fefysals VOICE apd tEo-
thirds Of cur women speak Ia harsh.
nasal tone Music Teacher il G1ose-
Iserno~ras
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-01
SUPPLEMENT
plsILlUsioN.
MORyEN0

ACHNE00
Come, sweet, the world is wide; %, hand In hand
Let US fare forth to win our victories
Thou shalt be queen of beauty and Of love,
As in the old, bright days OF tournament;
And win wear thy colors in my heart,
And on my brow the seal invisible
OF thy true Kiss; so shalt before me fall
All shapes Of evil that infest the light
Then, when the jousts are ended and the games.
Thou shalt sit proudly upright In thy place,
And while the world is wondering, all asaze,
Lo! at thy feet my garlands shall be laid;
For half my strength Is thine, being come from
thee
And that sweet faith that armors me anew.
The days are short nil g-wilt forgive me- heart
For the long turmoil have led thee through
And to no ends / meant il otherwise,
But one right arm is weak against the world
Here on thy shoulder let me rest my head
My weary head that aches from lfe's long din:
And in thy comforting let me forget
The disappointment and the hidden foe
And all that made my days a vulgar strife.
Unheralded. untrumpeted uncrowned
My strength is weak beside thy steadfastness.
And there takes refuge. II thou cherish il.
Then to have failed, and yet to win thy smile.
All, love is victory beyond desert
MARY W. Plummer in Scribner's Magazine.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-01
Newspaper Men Hard to XIII.

II the rlAin. journalists are hard 10
Kill They work under many difficulties.
the majority u them AZ nlgtt, srateet %
hurry, and Whist would - % osies F-sopie
Worry and exciieTnsrt; Jet tisey bold ga.
pretty veil In these daYs, Ebss the
world l. rTlshing on IN al iinss ~ s break-
neck sped. al the erents "a - path must
be eisronseiss, daily, and i = the busineax
q the nezsraper 10 do Il. Ard is does 10
sith zral, fidelity and areugary ssyer
before knoSn- Ia the fed ~ ossstaesz
there Il 3 Ian y; d'1sren; AeA@oas. zsd al
departments 81 turnan activity are usFer
uniform In s5erd Hence 81 Is ~ssk the
ne1sfaper nc hard matter is ali Ehe
SHEET nj any seas0s Il tie yezx Tks
character and quality 81 Dss~s rasy 10
better AZ souae tines than ~ othsrz. bat
there IL always plenty 10 prsrt Tie
makers Of newspapers. fbersso-e. ars ;he
constant tosieys -BSsrfrso-s Americas
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trcs q . ts~ay 81 Bernard dp<. lsss =
vs;ehiaz -zs wien visitors az sisA szsT &
taking az ~Cxxrs- Silver collar sSssi fssssnsnx
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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-06-05
RELIGIOUS NOTES.

The Rev Dr. Phillips Brooks is expected to
preach in St Paul's and in Westminster
Abbey this summer
The women Of the Presbyterian church are
said to have raised in this country within the
past sixteen years e, 10000 for missions.
Bishop Kip, Of the Episcopal diocese Of
southern California, has been paid SlO'OVV ar
rears Of salary which the diocese has owed
him for thirteen years
Among the fifteen young theological stu
dents graduated from Auburn Theological
seminary a few days ago were Hindoo,
negro and several Europeans.
Organic union between the Presbyterian
and Reformed churches Is opposed by ne
Christian lntellgencer, which has no sym
patbv with the movement and no faith IN IT, "
The Oldest Christian church Is that of Beth
lehem. built in the year a. ID. 32' by the En-
press Helena, mother Of Constantine the
Great u is known as the Church Of the Ma
tivity
The pope has consented 20 the use Of the old
Slavonir tongue in the Catholic liturgy in
Montenegro. The Slav Catholics are said 70
be- surprised and overjoyed at this liberal con
cession.
New Orleans has IN churches, which is a
larger supply than is generally credited to the
gay city. The BapiIsts head the list with 90
CHURCHES. the MrthOdists are second with -
churches. and the Roman Catholics third with
80 churches.
Women in Massachusetts, in accordance
with the action of the recent diocesan conven-
ton. are NOT put upon au equality with men
i'm voting for vestrymen, and when the rector
is not elected by tine vo>try have voice m the
election OF a rector az "a parish meeting
DR. Francisco Mora, Roman Catholic biahoI
of Monterey and Los Angeles, Is expected 70
return home in July He has been spending
much time in Spain, the guest of the Nener
able Archbishop Alemany, who retains a Keel
and active interest IN California affairs.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-06-05
PLAIN, BUT GREAT.

The famous Matilda, empress Of Germany,
was plain woman, but her influence and
reputation are we'll known.
Nor was Katharine Of Arragon. Henry
Wits lepudiated but very influential wife,
anything but "A plain woman
Hannah Moore, who exercised u great alsi
unsurpassed influence for good over our
grundmother,' minds, aud WHO was am emf
neut autnore,s in the best sense ot The word.
was plain woman
George Eliot was very plain featured
woman. but her name is imperisuably linked
with English literature So wa, Charlotte
Bronte, but the pale little Yorkshire girl was
a genius whose claims We're admitted by
those who were the foremost litteuteurs Of
the time
So was the Duchess of Anjou, who was the
sister-in-law of Louis XIV and mother CT
that Duke of Orleans who was regent during
Louis XV's minority Yet thi. woman, who
was by contemporaries reputedusly and with
very big hands. was possessed OF more inhu-
ence, not only in France, but elsewhere, than
any woman of her time.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-06-05
PERSONAL

John v Kecly. having as be says, com
pleted bis great motor. is at work on an in
proved telephone.
Ex-Governor Marshall. of Minnesota, VIII
next October celebrate tine fortieth anniycr-
sarv of bis arrival zoo the site Of ST. Paul
Iii, said that " H. Duane, OF Cincinnati
make. s.OWO "A year writing hymns And
yet most people are willing 20 sing them for
nothing
The ~Orler Of Carlos II" has been con
ferrei upon Richard McSherry, Baltimore
lawyer. by the queen of Italy, m recognition
of his service, in breaking mp the padrone
evil n that city.
Professor Palmer. of Harvard who has
been making m inquiry into the matter. finds
that one-thid of the students there spend
under $500 year. one-haIf under $1,000 and
threc-lourth- under sl.20
10 is stated that Secretary Of the Navy
Whitney bias recently sold for $4,000 one
fourth of the estate which he purchased two
years ago on the TenaIiytown road in the
suburb. of Washington This SUM Is said o.
bee Sl1 800 more than tine secretary paid for
The entire land.
David o Terry, who shot Broierick in the
famou, duel just before the outbreak of the
rebellion. has moved from Stockton where
be has made bis home for thirty years 90
Fresno. lt will bee remembered that De- was
the leading counsel for Sarah Althea Hill M
herdivorce suit against Sharon and after It's
close Doe married the fair plaintiff.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-06-05
ROYAL MUSICIANS

The queen Of Belgium il a devoted musician.
King Oscar of Sweden has "A magnificent
bas.o voice, and sings like an artist.
Ro,,m used once to compose "a trling
melody every year for the king Of Portugal
The emperor Of Austria spends over 1000,
$50 francs year on the Vienna opera house.
The emperor Of Germany never misses IAN
opportunity 10 hear Patti or any other
celebrity.
The emperor Of Brazil maintains an Italian
opera out OF bis own purse, and b. has one Of
the most complete operate companies IN the
world.
The emperor OF Russia Is a first ria-- cornet
PLAYER. He once accompanied Nilsson in one
of her songs, ani mot lons ago, when singing
before him. She sang the same air, much to
the qualification Of the emperor
Queen Victoria sings beautifully She was
% pupil of l4bIauche, and be- used 10 say that
il SHE vss mot queen OF Great Britain She
uieht be queen of song THE Prince Of Wales
j. also IL good musician, and the Princess OF
Wales is one of Halles best pupils. The
Duke Of Edinburgh could earn hslying with
the violin lf necessary.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-06-05
ON THE ROAD

Rose COghlan is a wise woman 10 travel
with. for she doesn't like discomfort and
won't put up with any more OF 10 than she
must, and her people get the benefit Of her
distaste for night journeys aud dirty thea
tres. She enjoys the road so little that she
is easily persuaded 70 give it up, and as Mr.
Wallack has been some time engaged IN that
course IL Is about settled that She Is 20 delight
New York from her old vantage ground next
season.
Modjeska travels in great seclusion now,
but when she began her career IN this coun-
try she was not very prosperous, and for a
while put up with the usual conditions Of the
rairOader. She was then, as now, a charm
ing travelling companion, never fussy, inter-
ested in all she saw, easily amused, and tax
ing all contact with the populace as a humor
Gus lark. but she didn't really like it, She Is
too delicate in health 10 enjoy any kind of
hardships, and when she could she withdrew
as much as possible from the publicity Of
American travelling,
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-06-05

New Caledonia is a penal colony or
penitentiary
There are 10000 French conyicts there,
and France proposes to transfer these
distinguished pets OF the Republic to
America.
The commercial agent of our State De
psrtment says that conyicts in New Cal
edonia are now being liberated with the
understanding that they must not settle
in any English or French colony As
they are unable TO gain admission at any
of the ports of Australia or New-Zealand,
and are rigidly excluded from Tahiti and
other islands, they are coming to San
Francisco.
The local parliament is asked for an
appropriation to ship the criminals to
California and the government offers $500
Il month TO the steamers that will carry
them.
We would like to see If California is to
be made penal colony.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-06-05
Lafayette's Grant.

There have been numerous inquiries OF late
as 10 whether Lafayette accepted a township
Of land rendered him hy the United States
government. and if he did accept it, where Is
the land located These inquiries have
brought ont "a statement Of one who was
deputy surveyor in Florida. who says that
after completing the survey in 1875 be re-
turned 90 Tallahassee. where be met COL Nc
Kee who had been sent there as tine agent II
Gen Lafayette then on visit 10 tho United
States. Col Mckee was commissioned 10
select the prohered township and be chose
one adioinug and northwest from Ialahas-
see II is presumed that the land has long
since been sold off,
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-06-05
THE CURIOSITY SHOP.
Peculiarities In science-scrsps OF His
tory. and General Information.

Aerolites have from time 10 time fallen
on the earth for centuries. They are Of every
variety Of size up 20 "a OOpounds, the weight
Of the largest known, one in Brazil. \ CON
slant characteristic of these stones Is fused
black crust which coats the surface. From
its being very thin and the line which sepa-
rates il from the inner mass well defined. 1t
is considered 10 he caused by some rapid
action Of heat suddenly terminated the heat
probably resulting from friction with the at
mosphere Their vel0cties vary from eiSh-
teen 70 thrty-six miles per second, that Of
the earth being sixteen miles per second.
It has been noticed that certain meteoric
appearances are periodic, and that they are
seen i'm showers Such showers have appeared
on November y and -, 1879, ls33 and 1874
The following are dates on which we should
look for meteors: April % 20 %, July H.
August 10, November - 20 II, November
ITO % December Is 20 -.
1t mas been supposed that meieors we're
thrown from volcanoes on the earth beyond
the earths attraction, and after wandering
returned. also that they came from volca-
noes on the moon. The present theory most
in favor is that they belong 20 a variety OF
matter floating in space, and liable 10 come
in contact with the earth when within the
sphere Of its attraction.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-06-05
THE PANAMA CANAL.

The indications are that the Panama
canal projected by De Lesseps is about TO
collapse. The United States engineers
long ago reported the impossibility Of
making a canal on that route when they
were free to report the best one. When
they reported in favor of the Nicaragua
route, Immediately other ambitious
sclsmers went into Panama canal, and,
finally. Captain Eads devised a ship canal
ON rails, to transport ships several hun
dred miles overland by railroad Congress
must have been munificently dincd TO get
so exalted in Imagination as to daily
with the railroad canal But the
truth is that solid company is ready to
make the only practical canal that can
be made, viz, that by the Lake Nicara-
qua. 1t will give the United States the
mercantile key TO the Western and East
ern worlds 1t would convert the Cen
trail American States into States of the
Union and give the whole North Ameri-
can Continent TO the United States, eX-
cept the British possessions, which it is
supposed, we DO not want
But the lobby stands in the way, with
canvas. back duck and Burgundy, and an
automaton humbug called ship canal on
rails.
That is the whole story, and the delay
in the forward destiny of our country is
caused by the arrant corruption and folly
combined fostered by that same lobby a
Washington
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-06-05

The Lynchburg Adoance has the follow
ing:
Almost without exception, the tax
payers OF the city, both large and small
dealers, are rendering payment of their
taxes in coupons. The merchants con-
Quoting the largest business are in the
same list with hose whose capital stock
IL but few hundred dollars.
The coupons are, Of course, refused,
wherenpon the money is paid under pro-
test, and this fact is noted on the Col
lectors books We are informed that
the taxpayers refuse to have the coupons
they tender listed
I'm addition to the large number who
had previously rendered coupons. there
were twenty-seyen additional names and
firms added yesterday"
From Alexandria we hear that eighty
per cent of the license tax has been paid
In coupons, and We hear that in Peters
burg almost every liquor dealer has tend
cred his taxes in coupons, and the amount
OF coupons altogether rendered in e.
lersburg amounts to from $4,000 tC
10000.
Now, this shows exactly what tn,
TINES has been contending for-that /,
Is human nature TO exercise right
when1il is not Wong TO do So. -.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-06-05
4 ,Innition Of War.

Under date of March %, l'5d, three dnys
after Boston was evacuated, Dr. Ihatchers
military journal says: u accompanied
several gentlemen 20 view the British fortih-
cations ON Roxbury Neck, where | observed
a podigous number OF little military engines.
called cat traps or crow feet, scattered over
the ground in the vicinity II the works 20 ini-
pede the march Of our troops in case OF an at
tack The implement consists Ok an iron ball
armed with -four sharp points about one inch
in length, So formed that, which way soever
it may fall, one point still lies upward to
mirably well calculated to Obstruct tho march
of an enemy
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-06-05
Around the Globe.

The distance around the earth at the equa-
tor is about 24,OOO miles Travelling around
the globe ON the equator would be- 10 traverse
"a greater distance than near the Pole, though
the latter would be more difficult than the
former The usual route is ~. ii2 miles. The
distance, would be from New York 10 san
Francisco, $3.50 miles; San Francisco To No-
kohama. 4,7Gi miles, Yokohama 70 Hong
Kong, 500 miles; Hong Kong TO Singapore,
l,l5O miles. Singapore TO Calcutta, l,2.O
miles: Calcutta TO Bombay LOO miles;
Bombay 20 Alden, ,664 miles, Alden TO Suez,
l.3Os miles, Suez TO Alexandria, $50 miles
Alexandria to Marseiiles $50 miles, Mar
settles 20 Paris, $50 miles; Paris 90 London,
3lG miles. London 10 Liverpool, 2Oj miles;
Liverpool % New York, 5000 mile, making
the total as given above
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-06-05
Mn.hincton.a Inanrnration.

The first Inauguration OF president Of the
United States dii not occur on the fth of
March Washington first Inauguration and
the meeting OF congress were set for March
lth, 1859. but bare quorum OF the house u
representatives did not assemble till the lst
of April, nor Of the senate till the 9Th and il
inaugurated.
This dilatory meeting Of congress has been
referred 10 as proof Of the stagnation Of in
terest in the new constitution. which was not
popular aud might probably not have been
ratified lad It not received Nashlngton's
support
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-06-05
SPECIAL AND PERSONAL

Colonel Dick Waiterwith, of Ken
lucky, has declined the position of Tim.
Der Inspector for Nebraska on the ground
that there are no trees in that locality,
but only rattlesnakes The real reason
why the Colonel declines is because
there is no chestnut tree there under
which to tell his stories This is the
Southern statesman who went up after
the war like the repentant Prodigal and
cried aloud. 81 don't take free lunch with
pigs. Bring out that veal.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-06-05
COME TO THE POINT.

IL will not do for the Chief Justice of
the Dispotch to assert that there are de-
cisions of courts against the jurisdiction
Of Judge Bonds court to grant the in
junction he has granted unless he cites
and refers to them. The TIMES knows
that several eminent lawyers have been
industriously engaged for week in
hunting for just these decisions and they
have been unable to find any such.
The Chief Justice says suppose that
the TINES or the Dipotch owed each of
2GS employees one hundred dollars for
setting type, would not each employe be
entitled to his several suit Could the
TINES or the Disp1tch get any court in
Virginia to enjoin Jones from bringing
his suit on the ground that Smith and
Brown, Thomas and Jones, and Williams
and Roberts intended also to bring suits
for services rendered in setting type
We answer unhesitatingly, "NO.' If
the Dispqtc1 or the TIMES owed 2GS Of its
printers for setting type, and would not
pay them, they ought TO be sued by each
one Of them
But if the Dispotch or the TIMES did
not owe any one of these 2Gs printers a
cent, then they ought not to be sued, al
though the law, in its eager desire TO LET
every man assert any grievance he may
claim to have, would allow each one OF
the PCS printers to sue, although the suits
were capricious and the motive Of each
printer malicious.
If the 2Gs printers claimed that the
Dispath owed each, because an UNI
constitutional law undertook to i'm
pose liability on it, and if, by
resorting to their igd right to sue
the Dtypatch, they were going TO bring a
loss Of $4,000 upon the wing, against
conscience and equity, then court OF
equity would grant the wing an iniunc-
ton to restrain the 26s printers from eN-
ercising their legal right to sue the D's-
potcl, and it would hold that the WHY'S
interest in the matter in dispute was as
much as $4,000.
A court of conscience will never allow
anyone TO exercise purely legal right
in a way to bring disaster upon an inno-
cent outside party, and if the amount of
the loss to be incurred by the innocent
man be $1,000, then the United States
Court has jurisdiction of the suit
The Dispatch will treat the case as
though 2Gs persons were going TO sue
Mr.. Cooper. But that is not the case
Mr.. Witt is going to sue 2GS persons, and
the logical result of that action on his
part will be loss of $4,000 TO Mr.
Cooper. Mr. Cooper says, As Mr. Witt
is not bringing these suits bon0 .fde, but
with a bad motive and as permitting him
to bring them will cost me $1,000 ask
that he be restrained If that lc true
as matter Of fact, it is hard to see how
Mr.. Cooper's interest in the matter in
dispute between Mr.. Witt and himself
can be less than $4,000
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-06-05

The expression n Scripture wherein laz-
arus is spoken Of as being ia Abraham's
bosom originated IN a custom among the
Jews and almost universal in the east 10
was the habit of those days 10 recliue AT table
rather than sit upright, as is the universal
custom to-day In reclining at the board the
second PERSONS bead would Dee near ihe bosom
OF the first one, who might be- the host or
some distinguished man To BE- in that posi-
tion % hi, bosom was the preferred friend or
guest Thus the term FIN ones bosom be-
came a synonym among the Jews for felicity.
While Dives was in torment Lazarus was in
Abuham's bosom.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-06-05

The Kohinoor and the Orlof are the two
largest diamonds in the world, so far as
known The former belongs to the crown
jewels of England, the latter to the imperial
crown OF Russia The Kohmoor was the
largest Of the two, though not considered as
lue a diamond, but IL has been much reduced
in size by cutting It originally weighed 1913
carats aud has been reduced 10 10 and more
lately to 100 The Orlof weighs 1913 carats.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-06-05
He First clrcumuavigated the Globe.

On Sept 70, 1919, an expedition COM
manded by a Portuguese named Ferdinand
Magellan set out from San Lucar ia the ship
Vtt0ria. With three out of five slips that
started he sailed through the straits that bear
his NAME connecting the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans Magellan was killed IN an encounter
ON the Philippine Islands in 1921 Sebastian
del Cano, in the Virtora. sailed round tue
Cape of Cape OF Good Hope arriving at San
Lucar ON Sept. ., 1871, having been around
the world aud the first to accomplish the feat.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-06-05
Editor If tie Times

Mr.. Cooper makes afiidayits to these
facts. One of the heads of equity juris-
prudence is to avoid multiplicity Of suits.
Has not Mr.. Cooper a right in law and
in equity and in common sense, and in
Justice. the foundation of all law, the
right to 90 before the court and demand
that the Commonwealth Of Virginia shall
consolidate these PCS suits which involve
and depend entirely on the same prlnci-
pley
26s men individually. Mr. Cooper says
| have agreed to indemnify each one OF
those PCS individuals, and ! am the party
who has to pay all the damages in each
action. Each action depends entirely on
the same principle, viz. Is the bill known
as the Coupon Crdsher' constitutional
That is, does il violate the Constitution
Of the United States a LAWYER.